The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-05-17
ART OF LAUGHING.
% Consists OF .Uncomely Faeies
Contortion.

Why Is ii people don't hks 10 %
aughed at? What is laughter any
vayP Apparently a very innocent
flair; muscular contortion-rarely
comely twist of tae features. Could
fou imagine anything more laughable
han to have Charles Sumner and
Com Corw n brought into social con-
act for an houi! Sumner always felt
If Il joke as he would the handles Of
battery, and the result was shock.
lie hated a joker. Corwin was cor.
ruscating with wit and fun in spite OF
himself. He was the greatest states
nan and wit combined the country
las ever produced. He died at last as
,ou have seen vast discharge OF
ockets flashing and illuminating, and
hen suddenly all was darkness for.
yer. Lincoln, however, was more
rim. He was not SO royalty Il Laughter
$ Corwin. But what would you give
see the span in Paradise?
ART OF MAKING LAUGHTER.
John b. Coughs best thing was to
ell an audience that he intended very
Oon TO make them laugh-laugh at
omething silly. He gave them prcpar-
ltory notice that what he was going TO
Jay amounted to nothing; was not
worth laughing at; yet they would all
augh themselves tired. Then he went
IN coolly to do it. And they always
lid laugh; aud then looked at each
Ither TO see what they we're laughing
i. No one ever found out, and John
aid to them: Il told you 90. He had
he art of making laughter He was
not himself good Laughter by any
Measure. In private he was decidedly
! sober, matter-of-fact man.
There is not IN animal that ! know of
hat does not try to laugh, and make
ONE approach to it, only none of them
lave as good laughing muscles as we
ave. 1t is partly Il matter Of checks.
cut what jolly affair dog is when
his master comes home. lie splits up
| roaring laugh between his head and
all. Between the two his whole body
contorted into grns that finally work
IF us banks. They say wild dogs do
lot bark. II is because they do not
augh.
You should always have for family
loctor man who can laugh. a laugh
nee saved my life. 1t never is so use
u rs by way OF medicament. My doc
or tells a good story and has a genuine
mile. Smiles are generally half genu-
ne. They are mostly grins not smoth-
,red. When your doctor looks cheer
I'll and hopeful, you catch it of him.
lincoln, bearing the country on his
ieart in hours of disaster, fortunately
.ould laugh. General W. Julian tells
is that when Lincoln approached the
aughing spot in good story, he
would lift his left foot to his right knee,
md clinching his foot with both hands
md bending forward his whole frame
,onvulsed with his sensations of delight
WHEN WASHINGTON LAUGHED.
Washington is never known to have
aughed but once. 1t was at Valley
Forge. He had ordered that whoever
,llicer or private, got drunk should DO
compelled to cut stump in pieces.
Where the camp was formed these
itumps were overabundant. One
morning while making his tour of OBJ
iervation he came upon soldier who
vas chopping out the very last stump.
Washington called to him pleasantly,
well, good fellow, You have found
he last stump" "Yes, SIR growlcd
he man, land now when an officer
gets drunk there won be a stump left
or him." The General laughed heart
and looked at his officers rs if there
we're some of them entitled to feel relief
CARLYLE in "Sartor Rcsartus," tells
If laughter that takes in the whole
nan. from head to heels. There are
as many styles of laughter as there are
aughers. One begins slowly, the fun
gently creeps out, along the risiblo
muscles; then the hands fly up, the
iect fly out and the mouth flies open.
This man becomes the victim of q
oke, for it is very difficult TO stop when
ne gets to reasonable maximum.
Tom Jones-that is not his name, but
hat makes no difference here-never
laughs without such n rush OF blood TO
liS head that am afraid for his life.
Laughter is as much a matter OF
style as language. There is an Eastern
laugh, slightly conservative, and
curved up at the ends, with culture.
There Is a western laugh that is broad.
mll, unreserved. open and hilarious
The Englishman's laugh is self-con
scious and more or less inconsiderate.
The Frenchman's laugh is cons.derate
and courteous. Dickens laughter Is
wholly unlike Thackeray's. You can
never quite avoid feeling that Thack-